Did I miss the memo about ESPN morphing into the YES Network

[spnited]

Seriously, Slappy, what did they miss by covering NEWS?

 

[Gold]

birdscribe:

I probably shouldn't let out this secret, but we'll all friends here and nobody would tell anyone anyway.

West of the Delaware River, throughout the United States, a loyal network of Yankee followers is waiting, just waiting for the moment, when we - uh, I mean they - can make the YES Network required viewing in our schools and the dominant television network.

I - oops, I mean they - plan and pray for the day when we have Yankeeography episodes on Mike Stanton and Gene Woodling. Waiting for the day when there are marathon viewing of Yankee-Red Sox games.

I tell you this because you may have stumbled upon the plot and, because I like you, bid that you be cautious and safe.

 

[Bubbler]

I would never deny that ESPN beats everything it does into the ground, but Torre's status is the biggest sports story in the country during this, the 1 p.m. hour.

No it isn't. Somewhere, on the other side of the Hudson, several million people don't give a shit.

It's a story. Torre's presser is a story -- a story worth a combined 10 minutes.

I know ESPN has acres of airtime to fill, but it's not an hour-long worthy story west of the Hudson.

After all, there must be some Big 10 highlights they can show for slappy.
Or maybe the repeat of NFL Tonight that's running now was more important.
Paintball, anyone?

Or that pesky ALCS starting tonight that doesn't have any New York teams in it.

Oh wait! No one would supposedly give a shit! Why would we want to actually hear about the teams still playing?

 

[slappy4428]

Seriously, Slappy, what did they miss by covering NEWS?

Nothing. It's overcovering news I have a problem with.

It's THE STORY in New York. They have TV stations and outlets like YES for that oversaturated coverage.
But in Georgia, in Texas, in Montana, in Minnesota, in Oregon, in California, it's a 2 minute story and then, as Bubbler said, on to the LCS -- ya know, concerning teams actually still involved in the day to day preparation of baseball games.

Because it has a myopic view of the world, the WWL feels the need to out-YES YES.

 

[JackS]

Seriously, Slappy, what did they miss by covering NEWS?

Nothing. It's overcovering news I have a problem with.

It's THE STORY in New York. They have TV stations and outlets like YES for that oversaturated coverage.
But in Georgia, in Texas, in Montana, in Minnesota, in Oregon, in California, it's a 2 minute story and then, as Bubbler said, on to the LCS -- ya know, concerning teams actually still involved in the day to day preparation of baseball games.

Because it has a myopic view of the world, the WWL feels the need to out-YES YES.

Other than the M&MD simulcast, is YES even covering the Torre story? I figured they'd be too busy with Yankee Classics reruns and Centerstage interviews with Jay-Z.

 

[f8andbethere]

What big sporting event did you miss out on that ESPN was supposed to cover at 1 p.m. on a Tuesday?

Not only did I miss Monday's playing of "NFL films: Grim Reaper", because ESPN decided to blab for an hour at 3:30AM about T.O, I missed Today's showing because of the Torre press conference. WTF is the point of regular programming if you are not going to ever show it? Put this crap on ESPN2 or ESPN News. Isn't that what those channels are for?

<Puke>.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I thought it was the TO Network.

 

[spnited]

I thought it was the TO Network.

TO is so last week.

 

[casty33]

And if you weren't interested, y'all could have switched to The Young And The Restless, or CNN's big story. Unless your TV doesn't change stations.

 

[f8andbethere]

And if you weren't interested, y'all could have switched to The Young And The Restless, or CNN's big story. Unless your TV doesn't change stations.

My tivo doesn't know any better.

 

[Gold]

And if you weren't interested, y'all could have switched to The Young And The Restless, or CNN's big story. Unless your TV doesn't change stations.

C'mon Casty... the soap operas aren't as good drama as the Yankees off-season.

 

[Birdscribe]

birdscribe:

I probably shouldn't let out this secret, but we'll all friends here and nobody would tell anyone anyway.

West of the Delaware River, throughout the United States, a loyal network of Yankee followers is waiting, just waiting for the moment, when we - uh, I mean they - can make the YES Network required viewing in our schools and the dominant television network.

I - oops, I mean they - plan and pray for the day when we have Yankeeography episodes on Mike Stanton and Gene Woodling. Waiting for the day when there are marathon viewing of Yankee-Red Sox games.

I tell you this because you may have stumbled upon the plot and, because I like you, bid that you be cautious and safe.

Damn! I knew it.

Have to stay away from the TV, lest I get sucked into King Kong Keller, Tommy Henrich and Clete Boyer hell, mixed in with Phil Rizzuto for the Money Store commercials.

When I get off the road, I'm putting a block on my TV.